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PREMIER John Brumby has criticised the Indian media and government over the portrayal of violence against Indian students in Australia after a supposed racial attack -- the second to make the headlines -- was exposed as an alleged botched insurance job. Arson detectives say Jaspreet Singh was not attacked by a group of men and set alight north of Melbourne last month as he claimed but accidently set himself on fire after trying to torch his car for the insurance money. Mr Singh, 29, who denies the claim, was granted bail yesterday at an out-of-sessions court hearing after being charged...

On His Own Petard? Release Date: April 23, 2004 In 2002, during the Lott-Thurmond scandal, Senator Dodd of Connecticut lit a petard, an explosive. Remember when Lott said we'd all be better off had Thurmond been elected president in 1948? There was a racist element, since Thurmond ran on a segregationist plank. Well, Dodd said that if a Democrat had said such an insensitive thing, within "several hours" there would have been a unanimous call for him to leave office. Well, a few weeks ago on the floor of the Senate, Democrat Dodd said that West Virginia's Robert Byrd would...